Package-tie.



A. R. McFADDEN.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1 1. m6.

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' ALBERT 'R. MUFADDEN, OF JEROMESVILLE, OHIO.

PACKAGE-TIE specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1c, 1918;

Applicationiiled- September 11, 1916. Serial No. 119,564.

new .and .useful Improvements in Package Ties, of which the following is a 'speci fi 'cation.

This invention relates to package ties, and aims primarily to provide a simple, inexpensive and yet thoroughly efficient means for quickly and easily binding a package or bundle and securing the ends of the binding cord without necessitating tying the same. A further object of the invention is to provide a package tying device which is equipped with an improved cord and clamp so that cutting or straining of the cord will be prevented.

With these objects in view, together with others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation, combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional form of package having applied thereto a binding cord secured with a device constructed in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tie removed from the package and with the cord detached therefrom, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 4 represents the body portion of the improved tie. This portion of the device is preferably formed of leather, rubber or suitable inexpensive composition possessing qualities of toughness, and is in the present instance of disk shape. These disks may vary in size according to the size or type of packages with which they are adapted to be used.

Arranged upon the opposite faces of the disk. and extending diametrically across the same are metallic plates 5 and 6 respectively, the said plates being thin and-of relatively narrow width. The plates terminate at their ends a short distance inwardly from the peripheral edges of the disk so as not to project beyond the same. The plates are connected at one end by a rivet 7 ,which ex-' tends through the plates and through the disk 4. The plates are also connected intermediate the ends by a rivet or screw 8, which extends through their plates and through a metallic block 9 set into a suitable opening arranged in the central portion of the disk.

This block is equal in thickness'to the disk 4'. The rivet or screw 8 projects above the uppermost face of the plate 6, and holds a binding post 10. This binding post has its outer portion flared as shown, so as to accommodate a plurality of loops of cord. The free end of the plate 6 is bent upwardly as at 11 so as to facilitate the insertion of a cord end between the plate and upper face of the disk.

An eyelet 12 is formed in the disk 4 adjacent the edge thereof, the opening constituting the eyelet being preferably metal lined as shown so as to prevent pulling out of the eyelet.

In practice, a cord is tied at one end through the eyelet 12, and the disk 4 placed upon a package adjacent the central portion thereof and with the binding post 10 projecting upwardly. The disk is held in this position by the thumb or fingers of one hand, while the cOrd is passed around the package with the other hand. After the cord has in this manner passed entirely around the package in one direction, the same may be looped or passed around the post 10, and then wrapped about the package in the opposite direction. After a suflicient length of cord has been wrapped about the package in both directions, the free end of the cord is confined beneath the free end of the upper plate 6. The resiliency of the plate 6 is sufficient to firmly bind the cord end against the disk surface to prevent the same becoming disengaged. The metallic block 9 maintains the plates 5 and 6 in proper spaced relation, and the rivet .8 holds the said plates firm and tight upon the block.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I have provided an extremely simple and yet thoroughly efficient means for securing the ends of wrapping cords around a package. It will alsobe obvious that the cords secured to the ties may be used many times before it becomes necessary to replace thesame. The

preferred embodiment of the invention, it is apparent that various changes in the minor detalls of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to if desired Without departin from the spirit of the invention or excee ing the scope of the claim;

Vhat is claimed is In a package tie, a disk formed of a thickness of compressible and flexible material, a block inserted in the central portion of said disk and being of equal thickness therev With, metallic plates arranged upon the opposite sides of said disk and extending Copies 6': this patent may Be'o'btain'ed "for I Washington, D. '0,

J. E. MGFADDEN, CLoYD M. SCOTT.

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